

side, or even consents, should our 

 fancy demand it, to appear a little 

 ridiculous to please us* 



You shall not find, in nature's 

 immense crucible, a single living 

 being that has shown a like sup- 

 pleness, a similar abundance of 

 forms, the same prodigious faculty 

 of accommodation to our wishes. 

 This is because, in the world 

 which we know, among the dif- 

 ferent and primitive geniuses that 

 preside over the evolution of 

 several species, there exists 

 one, excepting that of the 



